Copy and Rename bug.

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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bsaksida1
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Copy and Rename bug.

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if i use copy or rename function (F5/F6).

history.txt //File to be renamed.

i type:

Old.History.*

i get filename

Old.History instead Old.History.txt
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

This is by design. TC tries to mimic the behaviour of the Windows command line cmd.exe. Try

ren history.txt Old.history.*

and you will get the same effect.
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[Req] Improve Copy with Rename

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I believe my request pertains to this thread: better copy with rename.

i.e. When copying (or moving) selected files "*.*" to "prefix_*.*", the "prefix_" overwrites the existing name of the file. e.g. "file.ext" becomes "prefix_.ext". Copying to "*.*_postfix" works as expected.

IMHO, the current behavior is not very functional or intuitive.

The above bug report was dismissed as intended behavior, but is there really a need for backward compatibility with "ren" and "copy" in this case?

Can this be a feature request?
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